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In conversation with @ShashiTharoor for The International Wire, Dr. Tharoor went beyond headlines and soundbites to examine the deeper currents shaping our era.

Read the full interview here https://t.co/oKQGzahuTk

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Why Economic Sanctions Did Not Stop Russia’s War

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When Western governments imposed unprecedented sanctions on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, the expectation was straightforward and widely shared: economic isolation would degrade Moscow’s ability to sustain a large-scale war and force a strategic recalculation at the Kremlin.

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That expectation proved misplaced.

More than two years on, Russia remains militarily engaged, fiscally solvent, and politically defiant. Its war effort has been constrained, but not crippled; its economy has been distorted, but not paralysed. The failure of sanctions lies less in their technical execution than in the assumptions underpinning them—specifically, how economic pressure translates into political change.

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Why Institutions Fail And What Leaders Still Don’t See

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At a time when governments, multinational corporations, and family enterprises alike are grappling with crises of trust, institutional fragility, and the relentless pressure to deliver more with less, Dr. Ra’ed M. BenShams has spent four decades quietly building the answer; one organisation at a time, across both sectors.

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As the Past President of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS), the founding Director General of the Bahrain Institute for Public Administration (BIPA), creator of the MENAPAR network, current Advisor to Bahrain’s Minister of Cabinet Affairs for Public Service Development, and Managing Partner of Palinoia Consulting, he occupies a rare position: a practitioner-scholar who has not merely theorized about organizational reform, but led it, funded it, survived it, and in several cases rescued it — in government ministries, petrochemical enterprises, banks, family conglomerates, and international bodies alike.

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What Can Military Leadership Teach About Nation Building? Insights from Major General Manoj Tiwari

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Leadership in the twenty-first century is increasingly defined not only by the ability to command, but by the capacity to build systems — of people, institutions, and ideas — that can operate effectively under pressure and adapt to rapidly changing environments.

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Maj Gen Manoj “Tiger” Tiwari (Retd), a decorated officer with over 37 years of service in the Indian Army, represents this multidimensional approach to leadership. His career spans operational planning, military diplomacy at the United Nations, large-scale recruitment and talent identification, and the training of future officers — experiences that collectively reflect the evolving demands placed on modern military institutions.

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The New Global Energy Map

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The world’s energy geography is being redrawn by the clean energy transition, geopolitical disruptions, and a scramble for the critical minerals that power the future

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How Germany Became Europe’s Infrastructure Anchor for the Global Workforce

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Europe grapples with labour shortages, demographic decline, and uneven migration outcomes, Germany stands apart. Not because it offers the highest wages or the easiest bureaucracy—but because it possesses something rarer: the infrastructure capacity to absorb people at scale.

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This structural depth has made Germany the European Union’s most reliable workforce magnet—and its most resilient.

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The Rise of Self-Sustaining War Systems: How Modern Conflict Is Being Designed to Continue Without Us

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From Russia‘s Dead Hand to Iran’s distributed command and autonomous drone swarms, the architecture of modern conflict is shifting toward systems that can operate, escalate, and persist — even after human decision-makers are gone

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How #Dubai Quietly Built One of the World’s Most Powerful Logistics Hubs

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At a time when global supply chains are fragmenting and trade routes are increasingly politicised, Dubai has emerged as one of the world’s most reliable logistics connectors. Goods, people, and capital continue to move through the city with a speed and predictability that many larger economies now struggle to guarantee.

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Understanding how Dubai built this system offers insight into how infrastructure, policy, and trade diplomacy can be aligned to create durable economic power in an increasingly uncertain global economy.